Virtualization - Dec 2022 - [PATCH net-next v7] virtio/vsock: replace virtio_vsock_pkt with sk_buff

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 07:28:42PM +0000, Bobby Eshleman
wrote:
>This commit changes virtio/vsock to use sk_buff instead of
>virtio_vsock_pkt. Beyond better conforming to other net code, using
>sk_buff allows vsock to use sk_buff-dependent features in the future
>(such as sockmap) and improves throughput.
>
>This patch introduces the following performance changes:
>
>Tool/Config: uperf w/ 64 threads, SOCK_STREAM
>Test Runs: 5, mean of results
>Before: commit 95ec6bce2a0b ("Merge branch
'net-ipa-more-endpoints'")
>
>Test: 64KB, g2h
>Before: 21.63 Gb/s
>After: 25.59 Gb/s (+18%)
>
>Test: 16B, g2h
>Before: 11.86 Mb/s
>After: 17.41 Mb/s (+46%)
>
>Test: 64KB, h2g
>Before: 2.15 Gb/s
>After: 3.6 Gb/s (+67%)
>
>Test: 16B, h2g
>Before: 14.38 Mb/s
>After: 18.43 Mb/s (+28%)
>
>Signed-off-by: Bobby Eshleman <bobby.eshleman at bytedance.com>
>---
>
>Note: v7 only built, not retested since v6.
I re-tested and everything seems okay:

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare at redhat.com>